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,,,,,,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,,,,,,,,
~,,,,,,,,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,,,,,,,~
»~,,,,,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,,,,,~»
\»~,,,,,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,,,,,~»\
*\»~,,,,,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,,,,,~»\*
**\»~,,,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,,,~»\**
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###**\»~,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,~»\**###
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###**\»~,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,~»\**###
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#**\»~,,,, AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,,~»\**#
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\»~,,,,,,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,,,,,,~»\
»~,,,,,,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,,,,,,~»
~,,,,,,,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,,,,,,,,,
~,,,,,,,,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,,,,,,,,~
»~,,,,,,,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,,,,,,,~»
\»~,,,,,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,,,,,~»\
*\»~,,,,,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,,,,,~»\*
**\»~,,,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,,,~»\**
#**\»~,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,~»\**#
##**\»~,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,~»\**##
###**\»~,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,~»\**###
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»~,,,,,,,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,,,,,,,~»
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,,,,,,,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,,,,,,,,,,
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»~,,,,,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,,,,,~»
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*\»~,,,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,,,~»\*
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#**\»~,,,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,,,~»\**#
**\»~,,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,,,,~»\**
*\»~,,,,,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,,,,,~»\*
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